Original notched breech plugs

[Robin101]

I read one string on this site from not too long ago where a fellow was beset with a ton of nonsense and outright lies in defending his notching of breech plugs.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
Here is one by Nicholas Bis made no later than 1713. Bis is considered by many to be the greatest barrel maker during the late 1600s and early 1700s. I cleaned up the barrel and breech plug and polished off the corrosion on the inside. The plug has the 7 threads found on almost all Spanish barrels at the time and the rounded threads indicate it was swaged in a mold rather than the threads cut on a round stock.

dave

 

[52Bore]

I’d suspect Joe and John Manton only made hooked breech arms.
My 1825 John Manton has an unusual lock plate screw - screws into the breech plug itself, does not go thru.
Lock has to be removed to remove barrel.

 

[Sam squanch]

As long as you wash the inside of the barrel and dry and oil it, a notched plug should be fine.

 

[sportster73hp]

Hi,
Here is one by Nicholas Bis made no later than 1713. Bis is considered by many to be the greatest barrel maker during the late 1600s and early 1700s. I cleaned up the barrel and breech plug and polished off the corrosion on the inside. The plug has the 7 threads found on almost all Spanish barrels at the time and the rounded threads indicate it was swaged in a mold rather than the threads cut on a round stock.

dave

That’s a clean looking barrel for 300+ years of age.

 

[dave_person]

That’s a clean looking barrel for 300+ years of age.

Hi,
Yes,
I cleaned it up inside and out and intend to use it to make an early 18th century Spanish gun. Here is a picture of the bore.

It will be stocked up, polished, temper blued, and the markings gilt.

dave